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Olivier Messiaen

Discussion about Olivier Messiaen's use of birdsong to inspire music composition

• 4 mins

Singing Opera

Discussion with Italian female opera singer and recording artist

• 4 mins

Brutality of Fact

Discussion of Keith Reddin's play about women

• 4 mins

The Use of Recorded Effects in Stage Plays

Sound engineer talks about sound effects used in a production of Henry IV, part 2

• 4 mins

Sound Effects in Radio Drama

Sound engineer talks about sound effects used in a production of Henry IV, part 2

• 4 mins

The Power of The Dog

Ellen Dryden talks about her play The Power of The Dog

• 4 mins

Wilkie Collins

Discussion of the author of The Moonstone, Mr Percy and the Prophet and The Woman in White

• 4 mins

Bernard-Marie Koltes

Discussion of the French writer who wrote In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields

• 4 mins

Semele

Discussion on John Eccles's opera Semele

• 4 mins

Play Not Known

"How do you feel when you watch someone who has never been loved?"

• 4 mins

Candide

Candide was Volitaire's way of saying what he wanted to say about man

• 4 mins

Play Not Known

Discussion of obsession, Sinatra and people who live their lives through others

• 4 mins

Frank Lloyd Wright

Discussion about Frank Lloyd Wright, the iconic organic architect

• 4 mins

Walking Around Britain

"To travel alone, on foot is the most efficient way of gathering material"

• 4 mins

Rupa Lucian, Child of Romania

Christopher Templeton talks about the radio play Rupa Lucian, Child of Romania

• 4 mins

The Gods Are Not to Blame

A reworking of Sophocles tragedy Oedipus Rex, The Gods Are Not to Blame by Akassa Youmi

• 4 mins

Lights Out

Discussion with playwright Manjula Padmanabhan about her play Lights Out

• 4 mins

The Bolshoi Ballet

Discussion of the Bolshoi's production of Spartacus

• 4 mins

Frederick Ashton

Discussion of the the English ballet choreographer Frederick Ashton

• 4 mins

Eurydice

Jean Anouilh's version of the story of Eurydice

• 4 mins

Play Not Known

Christian missionaries, colonialism, and the family links between Scotland and Zimbabwe

• 4 mins

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Discussion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther

• 4 mins

Book Not Known

Discussion about Collection Of Interwoven Adventure Stories, such as Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke

• 4 mins

Cloudstreet

Australian culture in a play with characters Dolly and Rose Pickles

• 4 mins

Interpreting Schumann Cello as a Dance

Choreographing Schumann's music

• 4 mins

Adapting Novels for Radio

"The novelist is happiest pondering what goes on between the lines"

• 4 mins

The Mask

"The mask is this incredible device to transform yourself"

• 4 mins

Playing Classical Music for Radio and TV

Keeping music simple for radio and TV

• 4 mins

Adopt an Actor

At the Shakespeare's Globe you can ask the actors questions and 'adopt' them

• 4 mins

Play Set in Chile

Playwright discusses his play set in Chile

• 4 mins